My 11 year old kid Playing Europa at his 5th grade talent show.

Vin'sdad

This is my kid. He had a few mishaps, but he handled them really well. The "roadie" was supposed to drop his channel switch and didn't. Somehow the volume on the dirty channel dropped a few points and you can see him wanting to turn it up after playing the clean part. And, they started the backing track, stopped it and then restarted it, throwing off his timing at first. That's the scrunched face right at the beginning. Anyways enjoy it. 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw_pq7gSf0c

And here's a second one of him playing Whole Lotta Love with a great local band. There was no rehearsals and the band had no idea what he could do. The singer had seen an early vid of him. This was his first time on stage in front of a completely cold crowd.


 He reads the comments and loves feedback. Thanks for watching.

Vin'sdad

Dunno if I'm allowed to post two links. I'll try it with just one:

 

BillDL

He's a really good player and has groove.  I really love his smile.  He's a cute little guy, but he won't appreciate me saying that at his age, so we'll stick to handsome.  I really like that he's getting the chance to play in a local band like that, and good for them that they accommodated him.  He looks pretty comfortable on stage and it would be a shame for his talent to be stuck playing in a bedroom.  Well done Vinny Lee.

Vin'sdad

BillDL said:

He's a really good player and has groove.  I really love his smile.  He's a cute little guy, but he won't appreciate me saying that at his age, so we'll stick to handsome.  I really like that he's getting the chance to play in a local band like that, and good for them that they accommodated him.  He looks pretty comfortable on stage and it would be a shame for his talent to be stuck playing in a bedroom.  Well done Vinny Lee.

  Thanks. I'm really proud of him.

LionAquaLooper

Wow Europa. One of my all time favourite guitar tunes that I'll never be able to play. That's impressive. Well done! 

relic245

Well done Vinnie Lee! Really enjoyed that. Got some nice tone in those fingers.

what age did he start playing (if you say 10 I’m giving up!)

Vin'sdad

Imma say around 9.5. He kinda messed around some before that, but barely. At first he thought he was left handed, I think because he has a Hendrix poster. Once he got over that it went very quickly. Couple of epiphones until I knew he could take care of them. He got his Gibson last October and then the Marshall for x-mas. Thanks, BTW.

GoFish

Vin'sdad said:

BillDL said:

He's a really good player and has groove.  I really love his smile.  He's a cute little guy, but he won't appreciate me saying that at his age, so we'll stick to handsome.  I really like that he's getting the chance to play in a local band like that, and good for them that they accommodated him.  He looks pretty comfortable on stage and it would be a shame for his talent to be stuck playing in a bedroom.  Well done Vinny Lee.

  Thanks. I'm really proud of him.

It shows, and it's brilliant.

Eleven. Flippin' eck! He already looks more natural with an LP than I ever have.